Change Clothes

"Change Clothes"
Single by Jay-Z featuring Pharrell Williams
from the album The Black Album
Released	November 4, 2003
Format	12" Single, CD single
Recorded	Baseline Studeios, NYC by Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton for Loreal Inc.
Genre	Hip hop, R&B
Length	4:18
Label	Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam
Writer(s)	Shawn Carter, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo
Producer(s)	The Neptunes
Jay-Z singles chronology
"Frontin'" (2003) "Change Clothes" (2003) "Dirt off Your Shoulder" (2004)
Pharrell Williams singles chronology "Light Your Ass On Fire" (2003) "Change Clothes" (2003) "Drop It Like It's Hot" (2004)

"Change Clothes" was the first official single from rapper Jay-Z's studio album The Black Album. It featured additional vocals by Pharrell Williams and was produced by The Neptunes. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December, 2003.^[1]

In Danger Mouse's Grey Album remix, the cello and harpsichord arrangement from "Piggies", from the Beatles album The Beatles (more commonly known as The White Album), is mixed with this song.

Music video

The video directed by Chris Robinson features appearances from talk show host Kelly Ripa, models Naomi Campbell, Jessica White, Liliana Dominguez, Jade Cole (of Cycle 6 of America's Next Top Model), D. Woods, formerly of Danity Kane, singer Omahyra Mota, Mey Bun and rapper Mos Def.

Track listing

CD single, Pt. 1

1. "Change Clothes""
2. "What More Can I Say"

CD single, Pt. 2

1. "Change Clothes"
2. "Excuse Me Miss"
3. "I Just Wanna Luv U (Give It 2 Me)"
4. "Change Clothes" (Video)

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak position scope="row" Australia (ARIA)[2] 46 scope="row" Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 3 scope="row" Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 54 scope="row" Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 40 scope="row" New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 42 scope="row" Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 3 scope="row" UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[8] 32 scope="row" UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[9] 5 scope="row" US Billboard Hot 100[10] 10 scope="row" US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[11] 6 scope="row" US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[12] 33 scope="row" US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[13] 2 scope="row" US Rhythmic (Billboard)[14] 13

See also

• List of Jay-Z songs

References

1. Billboard - Google Boeken. Books.google.com. 2003-12-27. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
2. "Australian-charts.com – Jay-Z feat. Pharrell – Change Clothes". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
3. "Ultratop.be – Jay-Z feat. Pharrell – Change Clothes" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
4. "Musicline.de – Jay-Z feat. Pharrell Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
5. "Dutchcharts.nl – Jay-Z feat. Pharrell – Change Clothes" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
6. "Charts.org.nz – Jay-Z feat. Pharrell – Change Clothes". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
7. "Swisscharts.com – Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell – Drop It Like It's Hot". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
8. "Archive Chart: 2003-12-20" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
9. "Archive Chart: 2003-12-20" UK R&B Chart. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
10. "Jay-Z – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Jay-Z. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
11. "Jay-Z – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Jay-Z. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
12. "Jay-Z – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Jay-Z. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
13. "Jay-Z – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rap Songs for Jay-Z. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
14. "Jay-Z – Chart history" Billboard Rhythmic Songs for Jay-Z. Retrieved March 20, 2015.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics